Connie Starr of Cle Elum said, as she passed, “Wouldn’t you know it, the best looking dogs are also the slowest.” The 6-dog entry appeared to be enjoying the snowy course.

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Paige Hein, a fifth-grader at Okanogan’s Virginia, gets friendly with sled dogs Journey, left, and Nepheri, which are owned by Karla Boyle of Kirkland. Hein was going to be in a peewee sled dog event later with the dogs.

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Christina Gibson of Carlton, the lone Okanogan Country entry, stayed warm in the 8-dog competition.